Nutrition Services

Families can apply for Free and Reduced Price Meals ONLINE!
The process is SAFE, SECURE, PRIVATE, and available through www.PayPAMS.com/onlineapp

Seattle Public Schools Nutrition Services department recognizes the important connection between a healthy diet and student's ability to learn effectively and achieve high standards in school.

Nutrition Services fuels over 17,250 student lunches and 6,400 breakfasts each day and adheres to the highest level of national nutrition standards and provides many locally sourced fruits, vegetables and beans daily.

School Meals for the 2018-19 School Year

Interactive School Menu

Visit the SPS Nutrislice interactive menus to see upcoming breakfast and lunch offerings at Seattle Public Schools.

This website provides menu descriptions, nutritional facts and other useful information. Additionally, students and families may download a free smartphone app from this website to conveniently view menus and post comments on menu items.

Over the past several years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has put in place many guidelines to help students make healthier choices in the school cafeteria, based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This year, in addition to further changes to the meal standards for breakfast and lunch, students will see changes outside of the school cafeteria as well. Food and beverages sold from vending machines, student stores and fundraisers will be affected by the new "Smart Snack" regulations.

Proper nutrition is crucial to your child's success in school. Breakfast and lunch at school provides the right mix of fruits, vegetables, dairy, protein and whole grains to allow them to perform their best.

School meals will continue to offer:

Calories and portion sizes that meet student needs based on grade level.

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) is a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded program that provides free fresh fruits and vegetables to students in elementary schools where at least 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The purpose of the program is to increase the variety and frequency of fruits and vegetables that children eat and to positively influence their life-long eating habits. Seattle Public Schools Nutrition Services Department was awarded funds to serve a mid-morning or mid-afternoon fresh fruit or vegetable snack through the FFVP at 6 schools for the 2018-19 school year.

Seattle Public Schools now implements the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program at five schools. These CEP schools will provide school breakfasts and lunches to ALL students at NO COST while they are enrolled in a CEP school during the 2018-19 school year.

Families DO NOT need to submit a free or reduced-price meal application for students who are enrolled in a CEP school during the 2018-19 school year. If families have students enrolled in other Seattle schools, they will want to complete an application to determine eligibility for those students.

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 authorized CEP to provide an alternative to household applications in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. The intent of CEP is to improve students' access to free school meals in eligible schools and to eliminate the burden for families who are required to complete income applications on an annual basis. CEP was piloted for a three-year period in a limited number of States and is available nationwide beginning July 1, 2014.

In accordance with School Board Procedure H61.01, breakfast is available at no cost to all students, regardless of eligibility for free, reduced or full pay meals, at the following schools who on average had a student population that was 80% or greater in the free/reduced meal category during the 2017-18 SY. Please note that students are still required to take a "complete" breakfast per the federal meal reimbursement guidelines.